Jabra listens to its customers
Picked these up at the beginning of the year while they were still fairly new. I use them for at home computer use (movies, music, gaming) and for active use (skateboarding/long boarding). Sound quality is very nice and is appropriate for the price range. I have a full 1400 watt sound system in my car(2 12's and 400w going to surround), so the bass from the buds feels just right for me. The highs and mids arn't lacking either. For computer use...these are not supposed to support being used on a computer, and technically they don't fully work on them. I have been able to get them to work fairly well on windows 10 with a bluetooth 5.0 capable motherboard. These will even work with Dolby Access and windows spacial sound. It's possible to get the buds to work as a headset(the process is not easy), but because of the limitations of the device hardware the audio quality tanks pretty hard when enabling the mic as it is unable to send high rez audio and high rez mic signal through bluetooth. Audio quality on a computer(with the mic off) is great and better than my over-ear headset I mainly use for gaming. The sound staging is only about a half step down from some entry level audiophile headphones, so it's pretty good. Now for use on a smartphone...(I'm using a Galexy s7 active with bluetooth 4.2) Jabra has an app which lets you customize a basic EQ, change the headset button mapping, and a couple other neat features for hearthrough mode. When I first got these, there was a couple things I felt were not quite as good as they could be. Audio quality is amazing and surprised me for what these cost, but because of my life choices in music listening (loud concerts, loud stereo, loud loud loud) my hearing is no longer perfect and my right ear hearing isn't as good as my left. Because of this it felt like one of the ear buds was ever so slightly louder than the other. This caused music to not feel "centered" in my head. Not an issue with the device itself by any means, but still a slight nuisance. Also when enabling the hear-through mode, there was a white fuzz noise constantly. Even if you were in a sound proof room, there was still a white fuzz noise. I had sent Jabra an email stating these 2 small gripes, along with a happy customer review. 2 month later, they release a firmware update for the headset and a software update for their app that fixes both of these issues. There is now a feature in the app that fine tunes the left and right buds to give an "equal" sound to each ear. Also with the added bonus of no more white fuzz noise with hear-through enabled. So Jabra already had 4+ star product with very competitive pricing. The fact that they listen to their customers and release regular firmware updates to further improve upon their products to give a better listening experience, leaves me no choice but to give a 5 star rating. I'm very happy I chose these over comparable products. Cons. -can't eat while wearing these. chewing motions cause the buds to come loose from my ears and fall out after about a minute (but I can spend hours on a skateboard sweating like a stuck pig and not have to worry about repositioning the buds or having them come loose) -while being active, audio occasionally will drop out momentarily. Not sure if this is because of my phone only being bluetooth 4.2, the location of where I have my phone while being active (I carry it in a thin backpack or front pocket), or if the device just has issues with keeping a solid connection while in movement. But without a bluetooth 5.0 capable phone to test this, I can't really say the ear buds are at fault. All in all, well worth the money. Read more



























